Monthly Archives: September 2012
It’s a Treadmill War: There will be losers and potentially collateral damage
The line of treadmills at the gym is like a runner’s minefield. Sometimes you enter, innocently minding your own business, start up the belt happily going about your scheduled run and BAM!!! TREADMILL WAR!! You unassumingly are turned into the … Continue reading
Filed under Cartoons, running, treadmill running
Run Your Fortune
Sometimes you have to force your own fortune. Decide that you’re not happy with what currently is and run forward into what you’d like to be. Dare to dream your fortune and run for it. Running is unique from most … Continue reading
Filed under art, goals, graphic designs, motivation, running, running clothes
Coaching a Runner is an Art
Figuring out this whole running and performance thing is tricky business. The planning, the workouts, the tapering, the peaking, the knowing when to rest or back off, when to push it and when to hammer the crap of of your … Continue reading
Filed under running, running coaches, tips, Uncategorized
One Single Word That is Holding Your Running Back the Most
…is can’t. Before you start rolling your runner eyes and think, “Great, she’s going all annoyingly Hallmark-motivational on us,” stop! Come on, do you not give me more credit than that, have you really not read enough snarky or sarcasm … Continue reading
Filed under goals, motivation, race tips, running, tips
Miles Madness Week 3 Update: The tides turn!
Another week filled with awesome running and gloriously sweaty runnerchicks and runnerdudes can only mean one thing: September Miles Madness!! Congrats you all for kicking butt in the third week of the challenge…and when I say kicking butt I mean … Continue reading
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One Hot Mother Psoas. “Shut Your Runner Mouth!” ;)
It seems like the running community has been on fire recently, or maybe it’s just their psoas muscles that have been on fire. The psoas; yes, I just like writing and saying this term, try and rattle that one off … Continue reading
Filed under exercises, injuries, running, stretching, tips
The REAL Reason We All Run…
Well, it’s to stuff our runner faces of course! I jest, I jest…well, at least to a degree. I bring this up not because my stomach is alerting me it’s definitely lunch time but because I’d like to direct you … Continue reading
Tales From the AAAAA: Runner bodies and being just a Handful
I’m a flat runnerchick. Truth be told I’m more than okay with that, and I swear it when I say I’ve never once wished I had a bigger chest. That said, I’m a single runnerchick at the moment and there … Continue reading
Filed under body confidence, body image, reviews, running, running clothes
The Runner Gene: Is your running shaped by your personality or is it the other way around?
Is it your personality that makes you the perfect candidate for a runner, or was it running that shaped your personality? I’ve often wondered that if little runner babies are born with a hidden chromosome: the runner gene. Even before … Continue reading
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September Miles Madness Challenge Week 2 Update
We’ve already torn through the midway point of the September Miles Madness Competition and you guys are doing AWESOME! In looking through the numbers, most of you guys have bested yourselves from Week 1 and those results will be shining … Continue reading
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Hello! My name is Cait, I'm a freelance writer and artist who is more than a little obsessed with running. The Arty Runnerchick is dedicated to connecting with other runners and those sweat obsessed through words and art!